亮
bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #892 U+4EAE
How 亮 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A lit oil lamp
How to remember it
shiny · Heisig RSH #329
tiara + wind
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 亮 as their sound component
These characters all use 亮 (liàng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亮 sound component | liàng | bright, brilliant, radiant, light |
| 喨 | liàng | to yell; to wail, to cry; to neigh |
Words containing 亮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼前一亮 | yǎn qián yī liàng | (one's) eyes light up; to be impressed by what one sees |
| 高风亮节 | gāo fēng liàng jié | of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom) |
| 东方不亮西方亮 | dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng | if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom); if something doesn't … |
| 月亮女神号 | Yuè liang Nǚ shén hào | SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007 |
| 亮眼人 | liàng yǎn rén | (term used by the blind) sighted person; person with eyesight; perceptive person; observan… |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | dǎ kāi tiān chuāng shuō liàng huà | (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush |
| 光亮度 | guāng liàng dù | brightness; luminosity |
| 水亮 | shuǐ liàng | moist and glossy; wet look (of lipstick) |
| 亮星云 | liàng xīng yún | diffuse nebula |
| 天亮 | tiān liàng | to grow light (at daybreak) |
| 视亮度 | shì liàng dù | apparent brightness (astronomy) |
| 高亮 | gāo liàng | to highlight (computing); (of sound) loud and clear; penetrating |
| 发亮 | fā liàng | to shine; shiny |
| 亮出 | liàng chū | to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc) |
| 亮眼 | liàng yǎn | eye-catching; striking; impressive; sighted eyes; functioning eyes |
| 亮光 | liàng guāng | light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object |
| 光亮 | guāng liàng | bright |
| 亮点 | liàng diǎn | highlight; bright spot |
| 点亮 | diǎn liàng | to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) |
| 亮相 | liàng xiàng | to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in publi… |